Video audio lower than Music audio?

An example I ran across was The Postal Service. The song "Such Great Heights", would play at one audio level, while the audio is much more quiet for the video for "Such Great Heights".
Is there a reason? Or am I completely off?
Such Great Heights - Audio
The video is the second from the bottom on the playlist.
Thanks for any insite you can offer.
-Nick
G5 Dual 2.7 Mac OS X (10.4.4) VideoEditing Machine, RAM: 3.5gigs

I don't know.
just in Itunes and on an ipod the audio on video tends to be quieter than the audio on regular song files.

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